Species Spiophanes wigleyi Pettibone, 1962
- Spiohanes wigleyi Pettibone, M.H. 1962. New species of polychaete worms (Spionidae: Spiophanes) from the east and west coast of North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 77-88 [83].
Type data:
Paratype(s) USNM 30402 2 specimens, Georges Bank Area, off Massachusetts, North Atlantic Ocean [40°0 0.9'N, 68°58'W].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
North America.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
- Massachusetts
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, sublittoral.
Citations
Spiophanes wigleyi.
—Hartman, O. 1965. Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications Occasional Papers 28: 1–378 [147].
—Foster, N.M. 1971. Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 36: 1–183 [43].
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [224–225, fig. 26].
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Oct-2023 | 29-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 16-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |